Home advantage could prove decisive in MVV Maastricht - Jong Utrecht battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 06.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

MVV Maastricht hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 17th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting Jong Utrecht holds 9th place with 26 pts.

Jong Utrecht could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for MVV Maastricht so far this season. MVV Maastricht has recorded two wins in a row here at De Geusselt, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

MVV Maastricht lost their last game at NAC Breda (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting TOP Oss in a game that was won 4-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does MVV Maastricht handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D4-L3.

MVV Maastricht has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. MVV Maastricht's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Utrecht so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Jong Utrecht won their last game, 3-1 versus Almere City played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to NEC.

We have checked recent matches where Jong Utrecht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W1-D0-L2.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Jong Utrecht have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 4 MVV Maastricht victories, 1 draw and 1 Jong Utrecht win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtA. van den Hurk
A. van den Hurk
7 goals
Jong UtrechtJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
5 goals
Jong UtrechtH. Acheffay
H. Acheffay
4 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

Jong Utrecht missing players

MVV Maastricht Jong Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 9 17
4 3 1 Won W 2 2 7
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
10 3 1 Lost L 0 5 5
17 10 4 Scored S 8 8 27
31 11 4 Conceded C 3 16 24
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 88%
76% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 82%
53% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 59%
41% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 41%
24% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 12%
41% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 22% 53%
29% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 18%
41% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 78% 41%
 
4.9 5.9 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.6
6.3 7.2 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 7.4 6.6
2.1 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
133 47 11 Total Shots T S 37 72 152
52 18 5 Shots on Target S O 24 38 77
33% 56% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 35%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 17 12 3 2 41 11 8 7 1 0 28 6 9 5 2 2 13 5 30 39
2 De Graafschap 17 9 7 1 34 12 9 6 3 0 22 4 8 3 4 1 12 8 22 34
3 Jong Ajax 17 10 3 4 48 26 8 5 2 1 25 10 9 5 1 3 23 16 22 33
4 NAC Breda 17 9 3 5 27 18 9 5 2 2 14 7 8 4 1 3 13 11 9 30
5 FC Volendam 17 9 3 5 26 25 8 5 2 1 15 10 9 4 1 4 11 15 1 30
6 Excelsior 17 8 4 5 36 32 8 6 0 2 24 16 9 2 4 3 12 16 4 28
7 Go Ahead Eagles 17 6 9 2 29 22 9 4 5 0 18 8 8 2 4 2 11 14 7 27
8 NEC 17 7 6 4 27 21 8 4 3 1 15 8 9 3 3 3 12 13 6 27
9 Jong Utrecht 17 7 5 5 27 24 8 5 3 0 19 8 9 2 2 5 8 16 3 26
10 Telstar 17 7 3 7 26 26 8 3 0 5 10 11 9 4 3 2 16 15 0 24
11 Almere City 17 6 4 7 24 28 8 6 1 1 14 9 9 0 3 6 10 19 -4 22
12 FC Den Bosch 17 4 9 4 29 28 9 3 5 1 18 10 8 1 4 3 11 18 1 21
13 FC Eindhoven 17 6 3 8 28 36 8 5 2 1 18 10 9 1 1 7 10 26 -8 21
14 Roda JC Kerkrade 17 4 7 6 22 26 9 3 2 4 16 16 8 1 5 2 6 10 -4 19
15 Jong AZ 17 4 4 9 24 31 9 3 3 3 13 14 8 1 1 6 11 17 -7 16
16 Jong PSV 17 4 3 10 21 34 9 3 3 3 13 13 8 1 0 7 8 21 -13 15
17 MVV Maastricht 17 4 3 10 17 31 8 3 2 3 10 11 9 1 1 7 7 20 -14 15
18 TOP Oss 17 4 3 10 17 32 9 3 2 4 11 11 8 1 1 6 6 21 -15 15
19 Helmond Sport 17 3 5 9 19 37 9 2 2 5 11 16 8 1 3 4 8 21 -18 14
20 FC Dordrecht 17 1 5 11 22 44 9 1 3 5 12 20 8 0 2 6 10 24 -22 8

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.